Orthopedics Today Current Issue
The following articles appeared in the print edition of Orthopedics Today.
Table of Contents
- Intra-articular injections of local anesthetics: How much is too much?
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- Wall Street and Uncle Sam: New forces will impact health care financereform
- Is that joint infected? Diagnosing the difficult post-arthroplastyinfection Craig J. Della Valle, MD
- Orthopedic, legal semantics complicate the definition of‘complications’ Lawrence H. Brenner, JD; B. Sonny Bal, MD, PhD, JD, MBA
- Contemporary elbow surgery: Consider your abilities and patient expectations
- Despite a variety of bone graft substitute options, an ideal solution eludes surgeons
- Distal release of the deltoid: An option for symptomatic cuff tear arthropathy Raffaele Scapinelli, MD
- DRAM assessment recommended for spine patients
- Glucosamine and/or chondroitin sulfate may be no better than placebo for knee OA
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- Hip replacement surgeons support the 2007 PE prophylaxis guidelines from AAOS
- Increased age, autograft use show lower graft rupture rate after ACL reconstruction
- New combined TAA procedure shows promising results for pantalar arthritis
- Proximal femoral allografts and tumor prostheses offer pros, cons for revision
- Researchers link ankle fracture energy to patients potential for increased OA risk
- Trochanteric antegrade nailing offers an edge for femoral fractures
- Using volar vascular grafts for scaphoid nonunions yielded 53% excellent results